Centenary Young Performers INTERVIEWS for SUMMER PROGRAM
Posted 2005-03-28
Dancing, Singing and Acting will be the centerpieces of the Centenary
Performing Arts Guild summer theatre program for young people, offered
again this July and August on the campus of Centenary College. On
Saturday, Mar. 19, the Guild will hold initial interviews for admission
into the Young Performers Workshop summer session. This year the
Centenary Young Performers Workshop (YPW) Summer Intensive Program,
will be held July 25 through August 28, 2005. Called "a state treasure"
by the Star Ledger, the YPW serves young people ages 9 - 18 from the
four county region of NW New Jersey. YPW camp hours are Monday through
Friday , from 9 - 5, with additional Saturday rehearsal sessions. All
students are guaranteed a part in at least one of the three full-length
musical productions which make up the Festival of Shows at the end of
the session, in addition to participation in the One- Act Playhouse
performances. A sample of the many classes offered during the 5 week
program includes Acting, Voice, Dance, Acting for the Camera, Stage
Combat, Monologue Workshop, Playwrighting, and a new addition to the
program, Acting for the Camera. The cost of the 5-week program, held on
the campus of Centenary College, is $925. ABOUT THE PROGRAM: The
YPW is the educational arm of the Centenary Performing Arts Guild and
the Centenary Stage Company, a professional Equity theatre in residence
on campus, headed by Producing Artistic Director and Professor, Carl
Wallnau. Led by Broadway, film and television veteran Michael Blevins
(www.michaelblevins.com, the YPW is an intensive professional theatre
training program for young people ages 9 - 18, featuring concentrated
training by a professional staff in required disciplines of acting,
voice, tap and theatre dance, in addition to elective training in stage
combat, playwrighting, directing, choreography, dramatic mask-work,
Intro to Shakespeare, box office management and technical design. The
YPW is one of the only training programs of its kind, focusing on the
production process as well as the classroom. To arrange for an
interview for the program , or to receive additional information,
contact the Centenary Performing Arts Guild at 908-979-0900, or log on
to the WEBSITE at www.centenarystageco.org
<http://www.centenarystageco.org/> .Programming at the
Centenary Stage Company Performing Arts Guild is made possible through
the generous support of the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, the New
Jersey State Council on the Arts, Pennsylvania Performing Arts on Tour,
The Tran Rhodes Estate, American Airlines (the official airlines of the
Centenary Stage Company) and CSC Members and Sponsors.